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Wall Street gained on Wednesday after stronger-than-expected profits from IBM and Google and as lawmakers voted to temporarily suspend the federal debt limit.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 67 points or 0.49%, to 13,779, the S&P 500 gained two points or 0.15%, to 1,495, and the Nasdaq Composite added 10 points or 0.33%, to 3,154.

Shares in IBM Corp, the world's largest technology services company, climbed 4.4% during regular market hours to $204.72 as per-share earnings exceeded projections. The largest computer-services provider’s profit forecast also topped analyst estimates as the company shifts to data analysis and cloud computing.

Also helping the tech sector was a 5.5% jump in Google to $741.50. The Internet search company reported its core business outpaced expectations and revenue was higher than expected.

In Asia, shares oscillated between gains and losses on Thursday in late morning trade after a report showed China’s manufacturing exceeded estimates.

The MSCI Asia Pacific Index rose less than 0.1% to 132 as of 11:34 a.m. in Tokyo. Japan’s Nikkei 225 Stock Average climbed 0.4% even after a report showed the nation’s December exports dropped 5.8% from a year earlier.